【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 the desire for the fort and independence a private car can bring will not be eliminated. (143 words)Useful Words and Expressions:Mobility n．活動(dòng)性，機(jī)動(dòng)性hence adv．因此，從此seven years hence七年以后Hence the Play．因而就有了這出戲。It Is very late；hence you must go to bed．時(shí)間已經(jīng)很晚了，因此你必須睡覺(jué)去。The town was built among the hills, hence the name ，故取名山城。irritation n．憤怒volume n．量eliminate vt．消除Passage 11A Henpecked Husband and His WifeThere was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in a big pany and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back only enough to buy his lunch in his pany every day.One day, the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the livingroom. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there.You will never guess what happened to me today, dear, he said.He waited for a few seconds and then added, I won ten thousand dollars on the lottery!That is wonderful! said his wife delightedly. But then she pulled a long face and added angrily, But how could you afford to buy the ticket? (148 words)Useful Words and Expressions:henpecked adj．[口]怕老婆的，妻管?chē)?yán)的livingroom 客廳，起居室lottery n．獎(jiǎng)券，彩票a lottery ticket彩票，獎(jiǎng)券a great lottery 虛無(wú)縹緲的事delightedly adj．喜歡地，高興地a delighted look高興的神情pull a long face拉下臉來(lái)have a smiling face笑臉have a face to say that臉皮厚得竟能講出這種話Passage 12A Young Man39。s PromiseOne day a young man was writing a letter to his girl friend who lived just a few miles away in a nearby town. He was telling her how much he loved her and how wonderful he thought she was. The more he wrote the more poetic he became. Finally, he said that in order to be with her he would suffer the greatest difficulties, he would face the greatest dangers that anyone could imagine. In fact, to spend only one minute with her, he would swim across the widest river, he would enter the deepest forest, and he would fight against the fiercest animals with his bare hands.He finished the letter, signed his name, and then suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to mention something quite important. So, in a postscript below his name, he added:By the way, I39。ll be over to see you on Wednesday night, if it doesn39。t rain. (154 words)Useful Words and Expressions:Suffer vt．遭受，經(jīng)歷，忍受suffer from a headache經(jīng)受頭痛之苦suffer death喪生suffer heavy casualties傷亡慘重suffer from ill health身體不好fierce．兇猛的，猛烈的a fierce wolf一頭兇猛的惡狼the fierce glare on his face他那種兇狠的目光poetic詩(shī)情畫(huà)意的，浪漫的poetic diction詩(shī)般的詞句a poetic romance詩(shī)一般浪漫的經(jīng)歷poetic insight詩(shī)人般的洞察力postscript n．附言，后記Passage 13A Kind NeighborMr. and Mrs. Jones39。 apartment was full of luggage, packages, furniture and boxes. Both of them were very busy when they heard the doorbell ring. Mrs. Jones went to open it and she saw a middleaged lady outside. The lady said she lived next door. Mrs. Jones invited her to e in and apologized because there was no place for her to sit. Oh, that39。s OK, said the lady. I just e to wele you to your new home. As you know, in some parts of this city neighbors are not friendly at all. There are some apartment houses where people don39。t know any of their neighbors, not even the ones next door. But in this building everyone is very friendly with everyone else. We are like one big happy family. I39。m sure you39。ll be very happy here. Mr. and Mrs. Jones said, But madam, we are not new dwellers in this apartment. We39。ve lived here for two years. We39。re moving out tomorrow.(163 words)Useful Words and Expressions:luggage n. 行李，皮箱a piece of luggage 一件行李check one39。s luggage寄存行李，打行李票luggagerack（火車(chē)上的）行李架excess luggage超重行李hand luggage手提行李（旅客隨身攜帶）personal luggage 隨身（小件）行李registered luggage托運(yùn)的行李package n．包裹，包［dweller n．居住者，居民dwell vi．居留；居住dwell in the country y住在鄉(xiāng)下」dwell in someone39。s mind留在某人腦海里Dwell in joy沉浸于歡樂(lè)之中Passage 14That Isn39。t Our FaultMr. and Mrs. Williams got married when he was twentythree, and she was twenty. Twentyfive years later, they had a big party, and a photographer came and took some photographs of them.Then the photographer gave Mrs. Williams a card and said, They39。ll be ready next Wednesday. You can get them from studio.No, said,please send them to us. The photographs arrived a week later, but Mrs. Williams was not happy when she saw them. She got into her car and drove to the photographer39。s studio. She went inside and said angrily, You took some photographs of me and my husband last week, but I39。 m not going to pay for them.Oh, why not? the photographer asked.Because my husband looks like a monkey, Mrs. Williams said.Well, the photographer answered, that isn39。t our fault. Why didn39。t you think of that before you married him?(148 words)Useful Words and Expressions:fault ，缺點(diǎn)，毛病Who broke the cup?It39。s my fault, I dropped it.誰(shuí)把杯子摔了？一這是我的過(guò)錯(cuò)，我摔的。That39。s no fault of his. 這不是他的過(guò)錯(cuò)。The fault lies with me, not with you. 這是我的責(zé)任，不是你的責(zé)任。photographer n．?dāng)z影師photograph n. 照片take a photograph of 拍攝studio n．照相室，工作室，畫(huà)室art studio 美術(shù)工作室broadcast studio 播出演播室，廣播播音室TV studio電視演播室film Studio電影制片廠，電視制片演播室radio studio播音室Passage 15A Guide39。s AnswerIn 1861, the Civil War started in the United States between the Northern and the Southern states. The war continued with great bitterness until 1865, when the Northerners were victorious. However, even today, many Southerners have not forgotten their defeat, or forgiven the Northerners.A few years ago, a party of American tourists were going round one of the battlefields of the Civil War with a guide who came from one of the Southern states. At each place, the guide told the tourists stirring stories about how a few Southern soldiers had conquered powerful forces of Northerners there.At last, one of the tourists, a lady who came from the North, stopped the guide and said to him, But